The Call of Jeremiah

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Here is the word of ADONAI that came to me:

"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I separated you for myself. I have appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

I said, "Oh, Adonai ELOHIM, I don't even know how to speak! I'm just a child!"

But ADONAI said to me, "Don't say, 'I'm just a child.' "For you will go to whomever I send you, and you will speak whatever I order you.

Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you, says ADONAI, to rescue you."

Then ADONAI put out his hand and touched my mouth, and ADONAI said to me, "There! I have put my words in your mouth.

Today I have placed you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to demolish, to build and to plant."